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Villa Chierchia

  • Visit: about 50 min
Pictured: Napoli · Wolfgang Moroder · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

1629 villa in Posillipo, built by Carlo Carafa on the site of the old lazaretto and renovated in 1872.

In Posillipo, Villa Chierchia, formerly Palazzo di Roccella, was built in 1629 by Carlo Carafa where the old lazaretto once stood.In 1872 it was bought by the noblewoman Maria Carolina d'Andria, who called it Villa Carolina and had it remodelled. A villa by the sea with a long history.

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